John Milius, the man who wrote the screenplay for Apocalypse Now with Francis Ford Coppola, has written a screenplay for a new Genghis Khan movie that is supposed to begin filming next year. Genghis Khan is arguably the most badass human being of all time and Apocalypse Now is arguably the most badass movie of all time. I don’t really need to explain how awesome this movie could potentially be. If this ends up being half as good as I think it will be then it won’t be long before we take over the world just like we said we were going to. I would work on this project for free and I am going to try to figure out how I can get involved with this. If I can’t then I will grow a fu-manchu and fuck up the San Dimas mall with a baseball bat. It is good to know that there are other people out there who are as down with Genghis Khan as I am. Mongol Empire fucking runs shit. I am ahead of my time just like Genghis Khan was.
Here is a BBC documentary that you should watch about Genghis Khan
This is an excerpt from the article I read on CNN.com
Milius’ latest project is a screenplay for a three-hour biopic of Genghis Khan, “the son of a hit man whose father is murdered and who went on to conquer the known world and become the greatest military and civil genius in history,” as Milius described him. Production could begin in early 2010, he said.
Milius said Khan inspired another popular line, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s list of a few of his favorite things in 1982’s Conan the Barbarian: “To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women,” goes the line.
That came right from the history books, said Milius.
“That’s the most famous Genghis Khan line. It’s a paraphrase of what he said when he was with his generals and he was asked what was the greatest thing in life,” he said.
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